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CONNIE CURRY - 20's Bantamweight
CONNIE CURRY (photo in other thread)
Hometown - Siox City, Iowa
9(2)-5-6; 4 NC
Curry had a brief but interesting career during the roaring twenties. Connie was a contemporary of Newsboy Brown (Davie Montrose) both growing up and learning to box in Sioux City. Curry became a local favorite when he was called on to join Jack Dempsey's vacation camp in Great Falls, Montana while Dempsey was perparing for a World Heavyweight Title defense against Tommy Gibbons.
Curry and Newsboy Brown knew each other well and faced each other officialy as professionals on five occations. The results were a ten round decision for each, one draw and two no contests for the series. Curry was a good defensive fighter who went the distance in all of his bouts with the exception of his two knockout victories and his lone stoppage to Pete Sarmiento. The referee stopped the Sarmiento bout in the sixth due to a broken hand suffered by Curry in the fifth.
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